LPN Inpatient

Overview

Central Maine Healthcare is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving 400,000 people living in central, western and Mid coastal Maine. CMH's hospital facilities include Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Bridgton Hospital and Rumford Hospital. CMH also supports Central Maine Medical Group, a primary and specialty care practice organization. Other system services include the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute, a regional trauma program, Life Flight of Maine's southern Maine base, the Central Maine Comprehensive Cancer Center and other high-quality clinical services.

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The Licensed Practical Nurse functions as an integral member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in providing direct patient care. The LPN scope of practice utilizes the nursing process and is defined within the Maine Nurse Practice Act. The LPN while under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Provider, practices with minimal supervision and in accordance with CMH's clinical and departmental policies and procedures.

The LPN, assists clinically in the delivery of patient care, acts as the patient's advocate, aides in directing nursing activities to Certified Nursing Assistants, provides clerical support, and promotes teamwork with co-workers, staff, providers, and personnel in other departments while exhibiting the values of CMH. The LPN, communicates effectively with members of the health care team about a patient's condition, symptomatology, and results of diagnostic

Essential Duties:

* Participate in bedside handoff, reporting to nurses coming on duty while including the patient to provide necessary information and facilitate the delivery of excellent patient care.
• Conduct hourly patient rounds in conjunction with other nursing staff; to enhance patient safety, satisfaction and quality of care. Report problems to registered nurse and/or appropriate team members and initiate corrective action when necessary.
• Identify patient problems and emergency situations and initiate emergency care and "life-saving" measures per BLS and other protocols and policies.
• Act as a resource for, assists and directs C.N.A. staff in ensuring safe, quality patient care is provided.
• Administer and document patient care, medications and treatments per physicians' orders within the EMR in accordance with hospital policy.
• Work collaboratively with CMH Pharmacy and in compliance with all state and federal regulations in the handling, administration, storage and destruction of pharmaceuticals.
• Notify registered nurse and other personnel as necessary, of changes in patients' conditions and take appropriate follow-up action.
• Assure housekeeping tasks are completed on unit in accordance with policy. Maintain clean patient rooms, restock as needed and change bed linen according to hospital practice.
• Perform electrocardiograms including proper electrode placement.
• Ensure documentation meets current standards and policies.
• Answer telephone/intercom professionally and communicate information to appropriate personnel.
• Communicate appropriately and clearly within the interdisciplinary team, including managers, supervisors, co-workers, and providers.
• Treat patients and families with respect and dignity, identifying and addressing psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and family.
• Interact professionally with providers, staff, patients and families.
• Promote the mission, vision and values of the organization.
• Maintain a good working relationship both within the department and within the organization.
• Interpret existing policies and procedures to C.N.A.'s, patients, families and physicians when necessary.
• Completes mandatory in-services, on-line modules, and competency-based trainings routinely and annually.
• Follows all employee health procedures, incident reporting, and infection control requirements at all times, as appropriate to the position.

Qualifications

Education and Experience:

* Must possess a current, unencumbered, active license to practice as an LPN in the State of Maine.
• Telemetry Certification within the first year of hire.
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